Coimbatore, 14 Oct 2026: IBM and MeitY Startup Hub (MSH), an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, have signed a Memo randum of Understand ing (MoU) with plans to accelerate India’s deep tech startup eco system by enabling startups with access to IBM’s technology expertise, mentorship, enterprise engagement opportunities, skilling programs, and eco system development initiatives. The collabo ration brings together MeitY Startup Hub’s nation wide innovation network and IBM’s enterprise AI, hybrid cloud and quantum computing expertise to help high potential startups build, validate and scale technologies for India and global markets. It comple ments IBM Ventures’ ongoing engagements in India by expanding pathways for enterprise technology startups to connect with custo mers, investors and industry experts.
Dr. Panneerselvam Madanagopal, CEO, MSH said, “India’s startup ecosystem is emerging as a global engine for technology innovation. Through this collaboration with IBM, we aim to strengthen indigenous deep tech capabilities, foster technology-led entrepreneurship and create greater oppor tunity for innovators to build solutions that contribute to a Viksit Bharat.” As part of this collaboration, startups will get access to IBM’s portfolio of enterprise technologies and innovation plat forms to solve business use cases. This includes technical guidance and enable ment on technologies such as IBM watsonx, an enterprise ready AI and data platform; IBM Bob, an AI coding agent for enterprises; IBM Sovereign Core, an AI-ready software stack for digital sovereignty; technical orientation on IBM’s hybrid cloud, and quantum computing; and security and auto mation solutions.